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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. S3 Interface for MSDP
  4. Identity and Access Management (IAM) for S3 interface for MSDP
  5. IAM APIs for S3 interface for MSDP
  6. PutUserPolicy
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

PutUserPolicy

Adds or updates an inline policy document that is embedded in the specified IAM user.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, See Common Parameters.

  • PolicyDocument

    The policy document.

    You must provide policies in JSON format in IAM.

    Type: String

    Required: Yes

  • PolicyName

    The name of the policy document.

    Type: String

    Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

    Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

    Required: Yes

  • UserName

    The name of the user to associate the policy with.

    Type: String

    Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

    Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

    Required: Yes

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, See Common Error Codes.

  • MalformedPolicyDocument

    The request was rejected because the policy document was malformed.

    HTTP Status Code: 400

  • NoSuchEntity

    The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.

    HTTP Status Code: 404

  • ServiceFailure

    The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception, or failure.

    HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

Sample Request:

https://msdps3.veritas.com:8443/?Action=PutUserPolicy
&UserName=User1
&PolicyName=ExamplePolicy
&PolicyDocument={"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Effect":"Allow",
"Action":["s3:*"],"Resource":["arn:aws:s3:::bkt3/*"]}]}
&Version=2010-05-08
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<PutUserPolicyResponse
  xmlns="https://iam.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-05-08/">
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>1648451612346994599</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</PutUserPolicyResponse>

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